Clause 3

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)a single constituency;

any 2 or 3 constituencies where the Members of Parliament agree to their constituencies being declared to be a Town.”;

by deleting subsections (2), (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) An order under subsection (1) that declares a constituency to be, or to be comprised in, a Town —

is not invalidated by reason only of a change in the boundaries of the constituency pursuant to section 8 or 20A(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act; but(b)is to continue to be in force until the order is revoked after the first general election after the change in those boundaries.(3) In the event of a general election following the dissolution of Parliament, an order under subsection (1) declaring all Towns must be made by the Minister —

on the 14th day after the last date the election results are declared for the respective constituencies; and

with effect from that day.(3A) An order under subsection (1) may be amended from time to time, and may contain supplementary provisions (not inconsistent with subsections (4), (5) and (6)) that may be desirable, necessary or expedient in consequence of any change to the boundaries of the area of a Town, such as but not limited to the following:

the dissolution of a Town Council;

the sale, transfer or disposition of any property or rights and liabilities of a Town Council for the affected area, including property, rights and liabilities that would not otherwise be capable of being transferred;

the apportionment or adjustment between Town Councils of property, income or expenditure, or rights and liabilities in connection with the affected area;

the continued operation of the by‑laws made by a Town Council for the affected area and for the amendment or revocation by another Town Council of those by‑laws, even if the by‑laws were not originally made by that other Town Council;

the imposing of a duty on a Town Council to provide another Town Council with all such documents and information and other assistance as the other Town Council may reasonably require for the purposes of, or in connection with, the assumption of responsibility by that other Town Council for the affected area;

the change of name of any Town Council;

specifying for the purposes of subsection (4) the successor Town Council for a dissolved Town Council.(4) Where an order under subsection (1) provides for an area comprised within a Town (called in this section Town A) to constitute part of another Town (called in this section Town B) —

the Town Council for Town A (called in this section the transferring Town Council); or

if the Town Council for Town A is dissolved, the successor Town Council to that Town Council,continues to be liable, for a period specified in the order (being not more than 90 days) or a shorter period agreed between the Town Council for Town B (called in this section the receiving Town Council) and the transferring Town Council or successor Town Council for Town A (as the case may be), for the maintenance and management of the common property of the residential and commercial property in the housing estates of the Board within that area as if the order had not been made.”;

by deleting the words “the Town Council of the other Town” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “the receiving Town Council”;

by deleting the words “the Town Council of the Town first‑mentioned therein” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “the transferring Town Council or successor Town Council for Town A (as the case may be)”; and

by deleting subsection (7).